Auxiliary throttle-controller



R. S. BRICKEY.

AUXILIARY THROTTLE CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC, 9, I918.

1,35 1,832. Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

AUXILIARY THROTTLE-CONTROLLER.

Application filed December 9, 1918.-

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, ROBERT S. BRICKEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Brown and State of South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AuxiliaryThrottle-Controllers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the inventon, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved auxiliarythrottle controller for automobiles, such, for example, as the Ford,which employ internal combustion engines in connection with radiatorsand without starting motors; and to such ends, generally stated, theinvention consists of the novel devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter described and defined in the claim. I

It is a well known fact that in starting the engine of a Ford machine,it is necessary to open the throttle valve wide to effect the initialstarting of the engine. As the starting of the engine is produced by acrank at the front of the machine, and, of course, in front of theradiator, and as the throttle controller is at the steering wheel, itfollows that the engine will run away, that is, run at tremendously highspeed during'a considerable period of time required for the operator togo from the front of the machine to the steering wheel after the enginehas been started. This racing or running of'the engine at high speedwhile idle, pounds the bearings and produces intense wear on the entireengine, and, in fact, does the engine more damage than when runningunder normal conditions for many miles.

My invention provides an auxiliary throttle valve for the starting of anoperating rod connected to the throttle valve extended through one ofthe air cells of the radiator to the front of the machine and terminatedin front of the radiator in a hand piece that may be quickly and easilyreached by the operator while standing in the position in which hecranked the machine. The engine may, therefore, be slowed downimmediately after it has been started.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 265,875.

indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to thedrawings,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation showing part of the frame ofone of the front wheels, the engine radiator, throttle valve, andassociated parts of an automobile of the character named;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carbureter and associated parts;

Fig. 3 is a detail showing the pivotal connection between the auxiliarythrottle valve rod and arm; and

Fig. 4 is a detail in section 011 the line l-4: of Fig. 2.

Of the parts above enumerated, the numeral 5 indicates the main frame, 6the radiator, 7 one of the front wheels, 8 the body of the engine, 9 theexhaust manifold, 10 the intake manifold, 11 the carburetor, and 12 thethrottle valve, all of which parts may Lael assumed to be those of aFord automo- In the customary arrangement, the stem of the throttlevalve 12 is provided with an arm 13 to which the ordinary throttle valverod 14 is attached in the usual way, being connected to an acceleratorlever, not shown, on the steering post of the machine.

For the application of my auxiliary throttle valve controller I attachan auxiliary arm 15 rigidly to the arm 13. This attachment of theauxiliary arm 15 to the arm 13 is preferably made by bolts or screws 16which clamp a supplemental arm section or bar 15 to said arm 15. Thesaid arm 15 extends preferably about at a right angle to the arm 13. Tothe free end of the auxiliary arm 15, the auxiliary operating rod 17 ispivotally attached and this rod 17 is brought forward, passed throughone of the air cells of the radiator and terminated in a hand piece 18located in front of the radiator but out of the line of movement of thestarting crank, not shown.

The rear end of the throttle valve operating rod 17 is detachably butsecurely pivoted to the arm 15 by giving the said rod, at its end, aZ-shaped bend, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The hand piece 18 of the throttle valve actuating rod 17 is preferablylocated just above the hand piece 19 of choke valve rod 20, the rear endof which is attached to the Patented Sept. '7, 1920.

arm 21 of the choke valve of the carbureter, The front portion of therod 20 is usually passed through the radiator frame at one side of theradiatorproper.

With the throttle valve controlling device 7 applied, as described, itis evident that the operator, While in cranking position at the front ofthe machine, has Within his reach, means for controlling both thethrottle valve and the choke valve of the carbureter, so that the speedof the engine can be regulated instantly upon starting the engine. This,as already stated ,-not' only affords means for saving the engine fromthe pounding action with its resulting damage, but also eitects'a verylarge saving in gasolene, which hitherto has been Wasted very rapidlyand in considerable quantities in starting the cars of the Ford type. I

This auxiliary device, as is evident, may be applied to anautomobile ofthe Ford type, for example, at very small cost, inasmuch as it is madeup of an auxiliary rod and an auxiliary arm, the auxiliary arm beingattachable to the arm proper of the throttle valve and the front end ofthe rod being supported by theradiator with freedom for endwisemovements of the said rod.

What I claim is: o

In a motor propelled vehicle, the combination With an internalcombustion engine and a radiatorlocated in front thereof, said engineincluding a throttle valve having an extended arm and primary operatingconnection attached to the end of said arm, of an off-set supplementalarm rigidly, but detachably connected to said throttle valve arm andprojecting laterally therefrom, and an auxiliary throttle valveoperating rod attached to the end of said supplemental arm and extendedforward through the radiator and terminating in a hand piece located infront of said radiator. 4

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in'presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERTS. BRICKE WVitnesses z CLARA 'DnMARnsT, BERNI E G. BAUMANN.

